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Bear

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I am from Germany. Excuse my bad English. :-)I love travelling. If I am at home, I will read a lot of books and I will make puzzles.2009: Sintra, Portugal, one week2008: Texel, Netherlands: two weeks Bukarest, Romania: 5 weeksIn year 2006 I have been in Prag, Czech Republic, Ireland (SW/W), Berlin, Germany. 2005: Munich, Germany: two weeks, because of a practical training. Sarajevo, Bosna: just one week, I visited a friend.2004: Helsinki, Finland: only 4 days. Tossa de Mar, Spain: two weeks. 2003: Weymouth, England: 2 weeks, I have been there, to learn better English. There have been two daytrips to London.

I took the Yart bus from Mariposa to Yosemite. At 6:15 a.m.. So I arrived arround 8 a.m. in the Park. The sun was shining, but it was still cold. I decided to hike to the lower Yosemite Fall. It is an easy trail. Before I reached the Fall, I saw several deers. One was such two meters away. The others 100 meters away. If you want to take a photo of the Fall, you stand in water mist. There was a rainbow beyond the Fall. After that I walked throgh the valley and took the Visitor shuttle bus to stop 16 and started another trail. Now it got warmer. I hiked to Vernal Fall (1538 m). Directly to Vernal Fall the trail is called Mist trail and you get a lot of water from the ... read more

Today I made a bycicle trip. I met the guide and five other participants at the bycicle shop. They came from Canada, England and Ireland. We rode through the streets of San Francisco. Our first stop was at the San Francisco Bay. Next stop was Fort Mason. We were just a small group so we get the VIP tour and walked through the Palace of Fine Arts instead of just taking pictures. It is an impressive building. You can book it for weddings it cost just 500 $ for two hours. On our way to Golden Gate Bridge we crossed Chrissy Field and stopped for photos. Cycling on the Golden Gate Bridge was a good feeling. The guide said: the next time you see a picture of the Bridge you can say 'I was there.'. On ... read more

We started early in the morning and drove by bus to ferry. We had to leave bus and walk on ferry. The crossing took 50 minutes to Kangaroo Island. We left ferry and got on our bus again. First stop at Hansen Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. There is an alley. They marked some trees where koalas sat in. The koalas are free the people just look at them. We saw some more than marked koalas. We saw some kangaroos and birds too. Next stop was a photo stop up to Remarkable Rocks. Next stop Remarkable Rocks. There is a short track down to the rocks. They are very huge. We walked through the rocks. Somebody climbed on it. Next stop Admirals Arch. There is a track down to water, anyway nearly. On the way down you can ... read more

It was our free day and so I walked alone yesterday's route. I walked through Botanic Garden. I wanted to visit amazonas house but it was still closed. I walked to town and made souvenier shopping. I took tram to beach, but after one metro station I had to leave the tram because you can just pay with coins and I hadn't enaugh coins in my pocket. In town there are free metro stations but out to beach you have to pay. So I left tram and changed my money. The ticket was valid for two hours journey took half an hour so I had one hour at beach. It was a nice beach with a big jetty for pedestrians. Back in town I walked to river, crossed river and just wandered arround. In the evening ... read more

Early in the morning I walked to shopping centre. I stopped at Botanic Garden, but it opens primal at 8 am. It took half an hour to reach centrum. Back at hotel after breakfast we started our tour again. We visited the old telegraph station. Next stop was Alice Springs airport. We flight to Adelaide. We made a short sightseeing tour and subsequently we visited a opal mine museum.... read more

We were picked up early in the morning for a round flight to Ayers Rock and the Olgas. It was a little plane with six passengers and a pilot. It was a fascinating flight. Back at our hotel we ate breakfast and checked out. Next stop Ayers Rock. We made two walking stops and watched the huge holy hill from close to. Next stop culture centre next to Ayers Rock. Next target Alice Springs. On our way to Alice Springs we made just toilet stops.... read more

We met us at 6:15 a.m. for a walking tour. A bus brought us back to Kings Canyon. There started the track. There are stone stairs up to the top. There we saw the beginning of sunrise. We followed the track and took a lot of photos. Two and a half hour later we met the rest of our group at car park. First stop was a photo stop. Next stop was in eyeshot of Mt. Connor. The biggest toothbrush of the world. On the other side of the road was Lake Amadeus. Next stop Yulara. There is a small supermarket but I didn't find what I was looking for. We had one hour in our hotel next to Yulara and I walked to a lookout. You can see Ayers Rock and the Olgas from lookout. ... read more

At night I opened the curtain a little bit. So I could see something outside. In the dust I opened the curtain completly and took photos of dust and later of sunrise. After breakfast in dining carriage we arrived in Alice Springs. There we visited the RFDS (Royal Flying Doctors Service). We saw a marketimg video about it and they have a mini museum and a sovenier shop. Next stop was on top of a hill next to RFDS. There is a war memorial and you can take a view about Alice Springs. Next stop was next to a supermarket. The last one for the next days? On our way we saw camels and twisters. Next stop somewhere in nowhere at a rest house. Next stop Kings Canyon. We followed a track to a lookout. There ... read more

A bus from The Ghan picked us up at our hotel. First stop was at luggage check in. We had the possibility to take photos from front of the train. Next stops were at different carriages. We drove Gold class. Most drinks are free. Just a few hard drinks cost something. All meals are included. I had a single cabin in carriage K. There was a card with my meal times. The cabins are very small. Toilets and showers are on the aisle. There are several dining and bar carriages. They decide because of booked train tickets how many carriages and kind of carriages they put behind engine. During our train trip we had 32 carriages and were arround 750 m long. The train stopped in Katherine and had a four hour break. Some trips in ... read more